Sarangi, the Kanjivaram sari store

  • Chennai, India
  • Retail, Social Impact, Indian Ethnicwear, sarees, E-commerce

Sarangi makes it easy to shop online for a Kanjivaram silk saree. A luxury brand supporting handloom weavers in southern India.

Founded:
2009
Stage:
Steady Revenues
Market:
B2C

Startup Video

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Assocham-IMC Heritage Award | Sarangi

Sarangi is the recipient of Assocham-IMC
Heritage Award for its role in promotion of
the Kanjivaram silk saree.

Feb 23, 2010


Founded

Physical store launched.

Sep

2009
Assocham Award Received

ASSOCHAM-IMC HERITAGE AWARD 2010 for its role in promotion of the Kanjivaram.

Feb

2010
Ecommerce Store Launched

The ecommerce store http://sarangithestore.com was launched in Aug 2015.

Aug

2015

Jobs

Team Summary

Prabodh Jain, co-founder of :

☐ (2009) Sarangi, the Kanjivaram sari store
☐ (2007) Rasvihar jewellery https://www.banswari.com/rasvihar
☐ (2011) Padma Paaduka handwoven saris https://www.padmapaaduka.com

The other co-founder exited in 2014; now Prabodh wholly owns all 3 above businesses.

☐ Founder (1993 to 2008), Envission Communication Pvt. Ltd., branding, marcom services.
☐ Co-founder (2010), parisera.com; Prabodh exited in 2014.
☐ Co-founder (2002-04), VR4U Technologies Pvt. Ltd., virtual reality and 3D visualisation.

Education : B.Tech, chemical engg. 1985 graduate Anna University (A.C. College of Technology)

Committee member, Friends of Tribals Society, Chennai chapter

Summary : 30+ years work experience, incl. multiple startups. Proven, strong execution skills in all aspects of ecommerce and retail business esp. branding and marketing. One of the early entrants in ecommerce. Passionate about the power of ecommerce and digital technologies in transforming retail business.

Team

Founding Team

Prabodh Jain

Prabodh Jain


Founder

Founder : Sarangi sarees, Padma Paaduka handwovens www.padmapaaduka.com, Rasvihar jewellery, Banswari jewels www.banswari.com

WORK

Rasvihar Jewellery (2007 - present)
Founder & Design Director

SARANGI (2009 - present)
Founder & Design Director

Envission Communication Private Limited (1994 - present)
Founder & Creative Director

EDUCATION

A.C.College of Technology, Chennai
B.Tech. Chem. • 1980 - 1984

D.A.V. Higher Secondary School, Gopalapuram, Chennai
12th standard • 1974 - 1980

Product/Service Summary

Kanjivaram silk sarees. Ecommerce plus retail store. More than 10000 subscribers to daily email newsletter Sarangi's Sari of the Day. Luxury brand exports to 12 countries and shipping to 40 cities in India. Provides regular work to 100s of handloom weavers in rural India.

Product/Service Descriptions

Sarangi | Online Store

Sarangi's online store has a clean interface with no visual clutter or confusing product categories which plague most generic ethnic ecommerce stores. The collection is curated and specialised which helps the customer quickly find what they want.

Sarangi Kanjivaram silk saree

Product advertisement of a saree from the Wedding Collection.

Our Beautiful Store | Sarangi

Traditional, comfortable ambience with heritage artefacts create the perfect setting to shop for a Kanjivaram silk sari.